Artists have always known intuitively what science is just beginning to discover: that creating a visual image through any medium can produce physical and emotional benefits for both the creator as well as those who view it. Most important, you don't need to think of yourself as an artist or even believe you have any "talent" to tap into the healing powers of art. In this remarkable testament to the power of creativity, Barbara Ganim shows step-by-step how to use art to heal body, mind, and spirit. By using guided meditation and artistic techniques, you can gain insight and clarity into depression, anxiety, rage, and even illnesses, including cancer, arthritis, and AIDS. At once inspirational and instructive, Art and Healing will teach you how to connect with negative, painful, and even repressed emotions and then express them through drawing, painting, sculpture, or collage. Releasing these feelings through the creative process frees up the immune system and clears the mind, allowing the body to fight off disease and begin to heal emotional wounds. Filled with actual stories from those who have triumphed over adversity and with more than a hundred different pieces of artwork created using this groundbreaking method, Art and Healing is sure to provide the tools needed for healing body and spirit. About the Author: Barbara Ganim is an expressive arts educator and certified holistic health counselor, a published writer, and artist. She is an assistant professor of holistic counseling and expressive arts at Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island. She is also program coordinator for the Expressive Arts Institute, a three-weekend noncredit training program in the professional applications of the expressive and creative arts, and the expressive and creative arts certificate of graduate studies program at Salve Regina University. Barbara is the author of Drawing from the Heart: A Seven-Week Program to Heal Emotional Pain and Loss Through Expressive Art; The Healing Power of Art, a nine-hour audio program; Art and Healing: Using Expressive Art to Heal Your Body, Mind, and Spirit; Visual Journaling: Going Deeper than Words; Painless Pricing for Designers and Illustrators; Here’s How: Approach an Advertising Agency and Walk Away with the Job You Want; and The Designer's Commonsense Business Book. |